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$30.00
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A Pioneer Heritage


Dedicated to the Memory of those Two Distinguished California Pioneers, Count Agustin Haraszthy and Major Henry Hancock

CLOVER, SAM T.

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, )complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Modern reprint of Saturday Night Publishing 1932

KEYWORDS: specials Sam T Clover travel natural history pioneers North South Central America

$26.50
xxcxf63115

Nelson Pilgrimage


REED, A. H,.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: specials first edition AH Reed New Zealand Nelson District walking hiking tramping natural history flora fauna travel memoir

$19.50
xxcvaa63126

Handbook of New Zealand Marine Fishes


PAUL, LARRY & MORELAND, JOHN & HEATH, ERIC (Illus)

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Larry Paul John Moreland Eric Heath New Zealand natural history marine fish identification habits distribution handbook

$40.00
2f41a/16

Courtship and Allied Behaviour in Penguins


From The Emu vol 44 April 1945 and The Emu vol 45 July 1945

RICHDALE, L. E.

Super octavo, green light card stapled wrappers, 32pp, illus, VG- (cover completely detached, browning to cover edges, 2cm tears to spine extrems, small holes to front fore-edge, two soiling spots to front cover)

PUBLISHER: LE Richdale (?) Dunedin / Brown Prior Anderson printer (?)

KEYWORDS: LE Richdale penguins animal behaviour natural history

$275.00
1b41/20

Geoecological Research Vol 3: Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas and the River Gorge Country of Southeastern Tibet: Francis (Frank) Kingdon War (1885-1958


An Annotated Bibliography with a Map of the Area of His Expeditions, with a photograph of F Kingdon Ward and a map (1:1 000 000)

SCHWEINFURTH, ULRICH & SCHWEINFURTH-MARBY, HEIDRUN

Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975

KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography

$450.00
1b41/21

An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Volumes One, Two & Three


A Joint Project of the British Museum Natural History and the Univesity of Tokyo

HARA, H. & STEARN, W. T. & WILLIAMS, L. H. J. & CH

Three-volume set, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering, 154pp, 220pp, 226pp (vols 1, 2, 3 respectively), VG (light tanning to spines, some fading to covers, a few soiling spots to covers)

PUBLISHER: British Museum Natural History 1978

KEYWORDS: H Hara WT Stearn LHJ Williams AO Chater botany horticulture natural history flowering plants Nepal reference

$95.00
1b41/41

On the Eaves of the World: Two Volumes


FARRER, REGINALD

Two-volume set, super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 311pp, illus + folding map (vol 1), frontispiece + viii + 328pp, illus (vol 2), nr fine

PUBLISHER: Theophrastus 1977 (Reprint of Edward Arnold 1926)

KEYWORDS: Reginald Farrer expedition exploration botany horticulture forestry flora natural history Tibet

$85.00
OS3/1142

George Edward Lodge: The Unpublished New Zealand Bird Paintings


LODGE, GEORGE EDWARD & FLEMING, CHARLES A.

Folio, brown faux leather boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, xiv + 409pp, illus + 89 full-page colour plates, VG+ (light foxing to prelims.), in d/w VG+ (v light creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1982

KEYWORDS: George Edward Lodge Charles A Fleming New Zealand ornithology birds paintings art natural history

$15.00
xxezc63938

The Mystery of Animal Migration


RICARD, MATTHIEU

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Contable & Co Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Matthieu Ricard natural history science animal migration

$25.00
xxezd63978

The Vegetation of Marlborough


MARTIN, WILLIAM

Softcover staple bound super octavo (G) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: N/A, undated (inscribed 1943)

KEYWORDS: specials William Martin New Zealand natural history Marlborough

$14.00
xxezd64025

New Zealand Plants and Their Story


COCKAYNE, L.

Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W.A.G. Skinner 1927

KEYWORDS: specials L Cockayne New Zealand ecology natural history native plants

$12.50
xxeze64048

Lifeboats to Ararat


CAMPBELL, SHELDON

first edition Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Sheldon Campbell natural history zoo conservation species disappearance

$12.50
xxezf64179

Household Gods


New Zealand Cats at Home

ANDERSON, MOLLY

Softcover imperial octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press Limited 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Molly Anderson New Zealand natural history animals cats

$13.50
xxezg64202

London's Natural History


FITTER, R.S.R.

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-, tatty) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1946

KEYWORDS: specials R S R Fitter natural history England London

$27.50
xxezi64436

Estuarine Chemistry


BURTON, J.D. & LISS, P.S.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd., 1976

KEYWORDS: specials J D Burton P S Liss science natural history chemistry estuary

$75.00
1c25a/24

The Black Eagle


GARGETT, VALERIE & MUNDY, PETER J (Ed)

Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to front board lower corner, slight tanning to page edges, d/w sellotaped to rear board) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Acord Books / Russel Friedman Books 1990

KEYWORDS: Valerie Gargett black eagle ornithology boards natural history birds of prey Matobo Hills Zimbabwe Verreaux's Eagle Graeme Arnott

$22.50
xxksh65821

The Lying Stones of Marrakech


Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

Hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould popular science palaeontology archaeology genetics astronomy collected essays natural history

$80.00
1c25c/46

Australian Zoological Handbook: The Fishes of Australia Part 1: The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish, and other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand


WHITLEY, GILBERT PERCY

Super octavo, light green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 280pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight soiling spots to boards and to eps, sellotape residue stains to rear pastedown, crease to feps) Body of book in much better condition than boards & eps)

PUBLISHER: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales / Whitcombe & Tombs 1940

KEYWORDS: Gilbert Percy Whitley Australia New Zealand fish sharks stingrays ichthyology zoology natural history marine biology

$35.00
xxksh65808

Beautiful Birds of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALLANCE, ALISON

Softcover imperial octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand wildlife natural history birds guide

$150.00
1c25c/50

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1886 Vol. XIX (Second of New Series)


HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute

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